New Ulm weekly review., 1887-09-21

onist. Henry, however. subsequently
revenged the humiliation to which he
had been subjected. by taking Rome
and deposing and driving into exile
the naughty Gregory. During recent
struggle between the temporal and the
papal authority in Germany, Bismarck
is said to have exclaimed that he would
never 60 to Canesssa. In view of subse-
quent events, however, it becomes evi-
dent that Bismarck's famous words
are to be interpreted as literally as poss-
ible.
Passing on toward the left, the next
painting the second from the eastern
corner-represents the Wartburg, south
OF Eisenach, in one of the SAKE States.
According to an old legend, Walther Won
der Vogelweide, Wolfram Won Eschen-
bach and other german bards met here
in 1905, for poetic contest known as
the Wartburg War. The principal
battle was fought by means of conun-
drums which the bards propounded to
one another. In 1921, Martin Luther
was summoned to appear before the
imperial diet at Worms. After his man
" refusal, before the diet, to recant his
principles and convictions, his friends
feared for his safety. One of them, the
Elector of Saxony, caused him to be
seized and carried. away to the Wart-
burg, where he remained in enforced
safety, so to speak, for ten months.
During the present century, the same
castle was the scene of patriotic gath.
ering of German students and profes-
sors which is known as the Wartbure
Festival (181D. The time was ill-chos-
en- for demonstrations in favor of a
united country, and one of the results
OF this festival was the establishment
of a special police supervision over the
German universities and the dissolution
of the students association known as
the Burschenschaft. The music of the
touching students song composed for
the final session of the Burschenschaft
soon found its way across the ocean,
where we now sing to it the words of
81 now freely offer my heart and my
land.
The poet Chamisso has versided the
legend Of the giant knights who dwelt
in olden times in the Alsacian castle Of
Nideck. We are told that one fine
morning the young daughter of the lord
OF Nideck, while strolling through the
valley below, for the first time met q
peasant who was tilIing the soil. Re.
ioicing that she had discovered so nea,
a plaything, she picked up peasant,
horses, plow and all, and wrapping he1
toy in her apron, returned with it to
Nideck. Here her father repreached
her for what she had done, and after
explaining to her that without the
peasants toll the giants would have
to starve in their castle, ordered her to
return the peasant and his property to
his field below. Some of our modern
giants might learn a lesson from this
giant knight of old. The ruins of the
castle of Nideck are shown on the
southeast wall, adjoining to the eastern
corner.
The narrow space between the two
double windows in the northeast wall
bears painting which represents the
Via Mala, mountain pass about twen-
ty-four feet in width, in the Canton OF
GrauDuenden. Switzerland. The bridge
which is shown in the painting was
built a century and half ago. In
1899. Swaroff, after crossing Mount
Gotthard with his army, continued his
memorable march along the Via Mala
toward Chur.
The painting first on the left upon
entering the room, represents por.
ton of Lake, ,Thun, in Central Switzer-
land. At the right is shown the castle
of Spiez, situated on the southern shore
of the lake.
The RUsTLER
just received 500 pieces of fancy rib.
bon at remarkably low prices at T.
Kuetzing's.